Enhanced social learning of threat in adults with autism

Enhanced social learning of threat in adults with autism

Abstract Background Recent theories have linked autism to challenges in prediction learning and social cognition. It is unknown, however, how autism affects learning about threats from others “demonstrators” through observation, which contains predictive learning based on social information. The aim...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Lisa Espinosa, Johan Lundin Kleberg, Björn Hofvander, Steve Berggren, Sven Bölte, Andreas Olsson
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2020-09-01
Series:Molecular Autism
Subjects:
Autism
Social fear learning
Vicarious threat
Eye tracking
Attention
Social cognition
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13229-020-00375-w

Internet

http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13229-020-00375-w

Similar Items